Brutal Details Revealed in Alleged 'God's Misfits' Murders as Autopsy Reveals Victims' Final Moments

Mar. 15, 2025

Veronica Butler (left); and Jilian Kelley.Photo:GoFundMe (2)

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Veronica Butler and Jilian Kelley werefound dead in a freezerin Texas County, Okla., in April, nearly two weeks after theydisappeared, with their car abandoned on a road in Oklahoma.

Tifany Adams, 54,her boyfriendTad Bert Cullum, 43, Cole Twombly, 50, Cora Twombly, 44, and Paul Grice were all arrested andcharged with murderinconnection with the investigation, police said.

Butler, 27, and Kelley, 39, both died frommultiple blunt force trauma, according to the Oklahoma Office of Chief Medical Examiner’s (OCME) summary report released in late October.

Now, a full medical examiner’s report offers a glimpse into the last moments of the women’s lives.

Both Butler and Kelley were stabbed multiple times, each sustaining wounds on or near their heads and faces, according to OCME’s reports released on Thursday, Nov. 21.

During the attack, the women fought to save their lives, sustaining several defensive wounds, per the report.

Veronica Butler (left); and Jilian Kelley.Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation

Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation

Butler’s fingers had been “sliced multiple times” as she tried to defend herself when she tried to grab hold of the knife with her bare hands, the report claims.

Butler sustained several sharp wounds to her head, torso and legs, per the report.

Kelley was stabbed in her cheek and had sharp force injuries to her jaw and temple. She was stabbed seven times and had two other sharp force injuries, per the OCME report.

Owing to a “devastating” injury to her spine, Kelley likely lost the ability to move her body below her head and her ability to breathe on her own, the report stated, adding that her death was “very rapid.”

Both women displayed signs of stun gun injuries to the back of their necks, but the report did not indicate whether those were from an attempt to subdue the women prior to the attacks.

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All five suspects charged in the women’s murders weremembers of an anti-government religious group"God’s Misfits" who all had their individual roles in the killings, prosecutors have previously alleged. (The “God’s Misfits” group hasdenouncedthe crime).

Plea and attorney information for the suspects wasn’t immediately available.

source: people.com